Download Vivo Flash Tool

If you need to flash a stock ROM (firmware flash file), custom ROM, custom recovery, or rooting file on any of the Vivo mobile devices, then you can use the SP Flash Tool (Smartphone Flash Tool), provided that your smartphone comes with a MediaTek system chip inside.

Some manufacturers like Samsung have their own dedicated flashing tools. Samsung uses the Odin flashing tool, for example. On the other hand, other manufacturers share flashing tools. The SP Flash Tool works for all Vivo mobile devices, as well as for smartphones from other manufacturers that have MediaTek chips as well. It doesn’t matter what version; the latest will be compatible with more devices, but all manufacturers share the same versions. For more on SP Flash Tool versions, you can see the Smartphone Flash Tool’s download page.

The SP Flash Tool was actually developed and released by MediaTek Inc., hence why it’s always working for those particular devices with MediaTek chips.

Download Vivo Flash Tool

1. Start off by downloading and install the Android CDC driver on the Windows computer. (You don’t have to install the driver a second time if you’ve already got it on the computer.)

2. Download the ROM that you want to flash onto the computer and extract the file by right-clicking on it > choosing extract from the menu. (You can also follow the same steps given below for flashing a custom ROM that’s made for your device if you like.)

4. Double-click on the SP Flash Tool application from within the extracted folder.

5. You’ll now have the Smartphone Flash Tool interface open on your computer. Click on the “Download” tab from its menu.

6. Click on the “Choose” button from the Scatter-loading section. Navigate to where your ROM file is on your hard drive, click on it, and then it will upload to the flash tool.

7. Click on the “Download” button when you want to start the ROM flashing.

8. Pick up the smartphone, making sure it is powered off first, and connect it to the computer with the USB cable, remembering to press one of the Volume buttons once it’s connected so the computer can detect the mobile device.

The ROM will then get flashed to the smartphone. You know the flashing is finished when you get a big green tick at the end.

The Smartphone Flash Tool couldn’t be simpler to use: just upload the ROM file from your computer to the scatter file area and then click on that “Download” button for the flashing to begin. About the only thing that’s somewhat confusing is understanding that downloading in this sense means flashing.

It’s the fact that you need to upload the scatter file that restricts its usage to MediaTek devices only since that type of file is only usually available on devices that come with a MediaTek system chip.

There’s only one thing left to do now which is get the IMEI working again by flashing it with the SN Write Tool.